SACRIFICIAL OFFERINGS
ARE THE EVIDENCE OF YOUR LOVE
Leviticus 22:17-27,
31-33
The first sacrificial blood offering started in the Garden
of Eden. After Adam's
sin, God killed an animal to make a covering of skin for Adam and Eve.
The sacrifice came with a promise of a redeemer who is Jesus
Christ. The blood of
the animal represented the atonement for their sins.
WHEN GOD SPEAKS, WE SHOULD LISTEN
V:17 -19. The Lord said to Moses,
18 "Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the
Israelites and say to them: 'If any of you — either an Israelite or an alien
living in Israel — presents a gift for a burnt offering to the Lord, either to
fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
19 you must present a male without defect from the cattle,
sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf. "
A. We should be tuned to the voice of the Lord at all times.
1. When Lord
speaks we should be ready to respond immediately.
2. When the Lord
speaks, it will agree with what He has printed in His Word.
3. We must study God's word to be able to
distinguish it from the voice of the flesh.
B. Sometimes God will give us a Word to say to others.
1. The only time
some people will Hear God's Word is from us.
2. God will conform
His Word with His Word.
C. The animal offered was burned at the altar.
1. The Hebrew
word for burnt offering is "olah" which means to go up in smoke.
2. The aroma of
the burning flesh was pleasing to God.
Exodus 29:18
D. The burnt offerings from an Israelite served at least three purposes.
1. The sins of
the person was transferred to the animal.
a. The wages
of sin is death.
b. The sacrifice
of the animal was a substitute for the sinner.
c. In burning
the flesh of the animal, the sins of the people went up in smoke.
2. An animal was
offered for a gift to the Lord.
a Perhaps to
show ones gratitude.
b. Maybe as an
act of love.
3. To fulfill a
vow made to the Lord.
E. The animal was to
be a male without any defect.
1. Jesus Christ
is our perfect sacrifice. Heb 10:18
2. Jesus
sacrificed His life for our sins.
3. Jesus
substituted His life for ours.
GOD REQUIRES OUR BEST
V:20-21. " Do not bring anything with a defect, because
it will not be accepted on your behalf.
21 When anyone brings from the herd or flock a fellowship
offering to the Lord to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering, it
must be without defect or blemish to be acceptable."
A. God created Adam perfect, innocent and without sin.
1. It was Adams
disobedience that brought sin into mankind.
2. Because of
Adam's sin, we are all born in sin and shaped in iniquity. Rom 5:12
3. The sin of Adam
was transferred to the rest of mankind.
B. The Israelites were commanded to bring the very best of
their flock as a sacrifice to
the Lord.
1. Anything less than
their best was not acceptable to the Lord.
2. It ought to be
our desire to give the Lord our best.
C. The perfect animal was a type of the perfect sacrifice in
Jesus Christ for our sins.
1. The Lord
offered to us His best for our sins.
2. Jesus is a Gift
of God's love to us.
3. Jesus came to
die by His own free will.
4. The death of
Jesus was acceptable to Father for our sins.
D. Faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus establishes
fellowship with the Father.
1. Fellowship with
the Father is made perfect through Jesus.
2. The promise of
redemption made in the Garden of Eden is in Jesus.
HOW TO DISRESPECT THE
LORD
V:22-23." Do not offer to the Lord the blind, the
injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do
not place any of these on the altar as an offering made to the Lord by fire.
23 You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox or
a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment
of a vow."
A. All of our imperfections are a result of the sin that is
in the world.
1. Jesus
sacrificial death on the cross eradicated our defects before the Father.
2. Jesus caused the blind to see.
3. Jesus healed
all manner of sickness.
4. He made the
lame walk.
B. God requires a perfect sacrifice for our sins.
1. Jesus is our
role model for perfection.
2. The Israelites were
commanded to bring a perfect animal for a blood offering.
3. The offering
was designed to teach us to have perfect respect for the Lord.
4. To offer the
imperfect to the Lord, shows our lack of gratitude for the
perfection
that is commanded by Him
V:24. " You must not offer to the Lord an animal whose
testicles are bruised, crushed, torn or cut. You must not do this in your own
land."
A. It is from the testicles that the seed for new life and
new birth comes.
1. If you start
with a defect, you produce more defects.
2. To approach
perfection, you have to seek perfection
in all your activities.
3. To seek
perfection, you have practice being perfect.
4. To seek
perfection, you need an attitude of perfection.
B. There is perfection in the righteousness of God the
Father.
1. Righteousness
starts in the heart.
2. Righteousness
starts with you.
3. Present your
bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. Rom 12:1
NO SUBSITUTE FOR YOUR SERVICE
V:25. " And you must not accept such animals from the
hand of a foreigner and offer them as the food of your God. They will not be
accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and have defects."
A. God demands that you make a sacrifice for yourself.
1. We have to
sacrifice ourselves for Jesus.
2. Momma's
sacrifice for Jesus does not affect your sacrifice for Jesus.
3. No one can
accept the Word of God for you.
4. No offering of a
non believer is acceptable to God.
a. His unbelief
is a defect in him.
B. We are only made perfect in the perfection that we seek
in Jesus.
1. We can only find
perfection in the word of God.
2. Practicing the Word makes us perfect in God.
GOD SAID IT, THAT SETTLES IT
V:31 "Keep my commands and follow them. I am the Lord."
A. This is a command,
not an option.
1. To keep God's
commands, you have to know them.
2. To know God's
commands, you have to study them.
3. It is good to
study God's commands with other believers.
4. Group study
should promote questions which causes us to
do deeper
research into God's Word..
5. We are also
commanded to study God's Word so that we can
rightly divide
the Word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15
B. When we know the
Word, we should walk according to the Word.
1. The steps of a
good man are ordered by the Lord.
2. God's Word
provides us with the right way to live.
3. God's Word
provides us with compassionate way to live.
4. God's Word
provides us with the loving way to live.
5. God's Word
provides us with the tolerant way to live.
6. God's Word
provides us with the forgiving way to live.
7. God's Word
provides us with the patient way to live.
8. God's Word
provides us with the trusting way to live.
9. God's Word
provides us with the peaceful way to live.
10. God's Word
provides us with the joyous way to live.
C. We ought to follow God's Word because He said do it.
1. God's says
"I am the Lord".
2. God knows best.
3. We may think we
know what is best. But God knows best.
4. We do not know
how our present actions affect our future circumstances.
5. God knows the
end from the beginning.
6. Who better to
listen to but God?
GOD IS HOLY, MAKE IT PERSONAL TO YOU
V:32-33. " Do not profane my holy name. I must be
acknowledged as holy by the Israelites. I am the Lord, who makes you holy
33 and who brought you out of Egypt
to be your God. I am the Lord."
A. God proclaims His holiness. He is right all the time.
1. The word
"profane" is from the Hebrew word "chalal" which means
a. To break
ones word.
b. To begin
by opening a wedge.
c. To
pollute, pierce.
d. To make
common.
e. To violate
the honor.
2. Choose one of
the definitions so you can understand what you do
when you disobey
God.
3. It is to our
disadvantage to disobey God.
4. We cannot tell
what we lose in our disobedience.
B. We know the greatness of God by reviewing our past
history with God.
1. We know the
goodness of God by reflecting on what He did this day.
2. We woke up, that
a blessing.
3. We have whatever
we have because of God's blessing.
C. God commands us to proclaim that He is Holy.
1. It is our duty in
everyday conversation to express the Holiness of God.
2. We should give
God the credit for our existence.
3. To take credit
for what God has done in our lives is profaning His Holy name.
GOD IS HOLY. LET THE REDEEMED SAY SO
Come join us for Bible Study On Wednesday night.
See you there.
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor of Greater Macedonia
Baptist Church
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